Dolly And Otto The Attic Lover

By the time she and her husband move into their new home he s already kicking it in the attic.

Dolly and otto the attic lover.

Dolly is open to this with one caveat. Lover in the attic dramatizes the case of walburga dolly and fred oesterrich whose marriage according to atlas obscura ended tragically when fred was killed by dolly s lover otto. But when otto shoots fred dead she tries to pass it off as a robbery gone awry a claim that doesn t sit well with. Walburga dolly oesterreich née korschel.

After the murder otto actually fled california and dolly found new lovers including lawyer harold shapiro. Stymied in her marriage to her wealthy but boorish husband fred sultry and seductive dolly keeps her young love slave otto hidden away in her attic for years. For ten years dolly kept otto a secret from her husband. With molly burnett kevin fonteyne david fierro david alexander.

Otto had come downstairs from the attic and he shot fred with a 22 caliber gun. Otto weir walter klein which culminated in the shooting death of her husband. Moneybags is like uh you re weird but ok. According to the la times which reported on the murder in 1923 that evening dolly asked a third lover roy klumb to dispose of the murder weapons in the la brea tar pits.

When the oesterreichs made the decision to leave their milwaukee home and move to los angeles dolly had to move her lover with them. This situation leads to otto being able to hear the goings on of dolly and fred while he is stuck in the attic at night and to indulge in writing he a fan of pulp crime fiction. After the move dolly s husband starts drinking even more. However still obsessed with her otto returned to dolly and to a hidden existence.

For five years dolly and otto carried on this odd relationship with otto living in the cramped attic. Dolly agreed to the move on the condition that the new house have an attic. 1880 german empire april 8 1961 los angeles california was an american housewife married to a wealthy textile manufacturer fred william oesterreich december 8 1877 august 22 1922 she gained notoriety for her bizarre 10 year affair with otto sanhuber aka. She made sure the home she and her husband were moving to had an attic for otto and had otto move in first before she and fred did.

She sent sanhuber ahead and by the time the oesterreichs arrived the now 22 year old was already settled in his new home. While otto is not naive enough to believe that dolly truly loves him he still dreams of the two of them ultimately living as man and wife. Directed by melora walters. The new house must have an attic.

In 1923 the police found out about frank s watch and klumb following a volatile breakup with dolly confessed to disposing of the guns.